Some nights,
are calm.
No shouting,
No screaming,
No pain.
Most nights,
though,
are just like tonight.
Painful.
Loud.
Twisted memories,
Horror-film dreams.
Mother at work,
Father drunk,
Fists flying,
Words stinging.
A child's history being made.
Why?
Why Daddy?
Why do you do this to me?
Why?
are calm.
No shouting,
No screaming,
No pain.
Most nights,
though,
are just like tonight.
Painful.
Loud.
Twisted memories,
Horror-film dreams.
Mother at work,
Father drunk,
Fists flying,
Words stinging.
A child's history being made.
Why?
Why Daddy?
Why do you do this to me?
Why?
